HB 468 - APPEAL BONDS: TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PARTIES                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Number 2125                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR McGUIRE announced that the  next order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 468, "An Act  relating to the amount  of the bond                                                               
required  to stay  execution of  a judgment  in civil  litigation                                                               
involving  a  signatory,  a  successor  of  a  signatory,  or  an                                                               
affiliate  of   a  signatory  to   the  tobacco   product  Master                                                               
Settlement  Agreement during  an appeal;  amending Rules  204 and                                                               
205, Alaska  Rules of Appellate  Procedure; and providing  for an                                                               
effective date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR McGUIRE relayed that HB 468  would be held over in order to                                                               
allow Jennifer  App, American Heart Association,  to put together                                                               
a proposal.